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24 alternatives to You Are Not So Smart

Why you have too many friends on Facebook

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. You Are Not So Smart launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Facebook is Lying▲7

   Figure out how many friends you really* have

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   How I Lost 170 Million Dollars▲76

   My time as #30 at Facebook

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook ▲69

   The book The Social Network was based on

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   It's Complicated▲74

   The social lives of networked teens

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Nonsense▲59

   The power of not knowing

   2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   #AskGaryVee▲95

   A take on leadership, social media, and self awareness

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Scarcity▲71

   Why having too little means so much

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Network marketing for Facebook▲60

   Good tactical book for using social media

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

   How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hushbook▲126

    Tinder for unfriending on Facebook

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    One Random Book▲90

    Why not let us choose your next read?

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Knozen 2.0▲117

    How well do you *really* know your friends?

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Why Go On Facebook?▲140

    Catch yourself opening Facebook a little too frequently?

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Stop Being Lonely▲69

    An introvert's guide to friends and relationships

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Contagious▲74

    Why things catch on

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Still Friends▲111

    Find out who unfriends you on Facebook

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Women Of The Hour - 01: Friendship▲66

    Making real friends on the internet.

    2015 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Shallows▲65

    What the internet is doing to our brains

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Things A Little Bird Told Me▲65

    Creative secrets from the co-founder of Twitter

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things▲70

    Relationship between online trolling & mainstream culture

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    1 Question▲99

    Learn your friends' inner secrets one question at a time

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    American Girls▲67

    Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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